Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag tapering lines overlap gracefully to

tapering lines overlap gracefully to represent a grass once abundant at Utopia before cattle grazing was introduced in the early 20th century

I got away from them once

Lorna Fencer Napurrula was born in the 1920s in the Tanami Desert in Central Australia

“come on you have to go”

according to botanist Peter Latz in his book

Grass Seed Dreaming Kathleen-petyarre-tag tapering lines overlap gracefully toIn many of Barbara Weirs paintings, long, tapering lines overlap gracefully to represent a grass once abundant at Utopia before cattle grazing was introduced in the early 20th century. Its botanical name is Portulaca oleracea. For thousands of years, this grass has been important to Aboriginal people because its small black seeds can be ground into flour. Rather than painting the seeds, Weir depicts the grass itself. Her colours show its natural